I have a few videos, but I'm not very happy with them
they look messy.
I had an absolutely awesome day. I loved chatting to everyone, it's been a long winter for me since Dony back in October!
The car was largely problem free all day, aside from one small braking issue which will be easily solved.
I never REALLY quite gelled with it on Monday though. Times were OK, still just nipped inside the 27s bracket, but a full 0.6s off a PB.
I was experimenting with a few different sets of tyres, my Khumo KU36s, and the more typical list 1B A048's in LTS medium/hard compound.
A schoolboy error saw me run 90% of the day on what I'm affectionately calling 'Dad spec' D'oh
I tend to run the car fairly twitchy, and like the rear end to be very mobile. We had softened the rear end at Dony for Dad to make Craners a bit safer back in October, and then TOTALLY forgot to change it back ever since! What a plonker.
It does however explain why I was having issues getting the back end to unstick at all, in turn giving me more understeer than I'm used to.
First up a morning run on the Khumo ku36 road tyres:
Then an afternoon run, this time on yoko A048's, yet strangely, slower than the road tyres! I don't feel I got the best out of these, be that down to setup or conditions, they just wern't quite working as I'd hoped. Turn in felt better, but the car still wasn't changing direction how I'd like.
I think a bit more experimentation with tyre pressures is needed, as the softer and taller sidewall Khumos didn't like being dropped below 28psi hot, where the yokos seemed to get better and better as I dropped them down.
I think if I'd realised the damping issue in the morning I'd have stayed on the khumos and improved further, but it's all a learning curve.
I'm really looking forward to September already
Over all - I'm dead impressed with the khumos for what I wanted them for. I wouldn't say they're a track tyre, and I'd probably not use them for a trackday, as they're too soft being road focused, but for what I wanted, really decent road grip, comfort, wet performance, and the odd Curborough type short blast, I think they're absolutely perfect. Will definitely be getting more when these wear out.